Telesur is a propaganda machine for Castroism and Chavez-Maduroism, and its intention is to counter the message of freedom and respect for human rights in the world.
“TeleSur was founded by the ‘Ministry of Popular Power for Communication and Information’ of Hugo Chavez to destabilize democracies in Latin America. It is funded by Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Russia. It is time for the rest of the region to do the same,” reads a Twitter thread by activist Agustin Antonetti.
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is telesur an option on any of the USA tv sources?
Currently it is available in Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay and other territories as Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Curaçao via DirectTV and Europe via SES Astra’s satellite on a limited 4 hour schedule. It has limited availability in Nigeria, South Africa also.
In 2018 Congressman Joe Wilson R-SC requested TeleSUR be investigated as being an unregistered foreign agent for the Maduro regime in Venezuela. https://joewilson.house.gov/media-center/articles/us-congressman-asks-for-investigation-of-venezuela-s-telesur
At its inception in 2007 TeleSUR was labeled the Al-Jazeera of Latin America. https://www.forbes.com/2007/03/23/latin-america-telesur-biz-cx_0326oxford.html
Since 2011 it has been available in the U.S. via Globecast WorldTV in Spanish. https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/6405/
In the U.S. TeleSUR has been available on the internet at
https://www.telesurenglish.net/ in english since 2014.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/telesur-english-lands-in-the-usa-268483932.html
Overall, we rate TeleSUR Left Biased and Questionable based on a lack of transparency, poor sourcing, the promotion of pro-government propaganda, and proven false claims. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/telesur/